Trading house Sumitomo Corp. said Thursday it had withdrawn from the U.S. shale oil and gas business to cut costs and proceed with structural reforms. The Japanese firm has sold all of its stake in a shale oil project in Texas to a U.S. oil ...

Full-year sales now are projected at ¥8.8 trillion, compared with ¥8.5 trillion forecast in October.

With the latest extension of the state of emergency, foreign travelers looking to enter the country will have to wait at least another month.

Report follows earlier allegations China has used forced sterilization, forced abortion and coercive family planning, and that at least 1 million were detained in the region.

Large numbers of the shellfish have become attached to the surfaces of cylindrical floats deployed to suppress waves at the facility, causing them to fail to function efficiently.

Junko Katane sells beef by the kilogram, offering buyers a cheaper deal and what she calls "the power and beauty of a block of meat."

Aside from security issues, the ministers agreed to promote fair access to coronavirus vaccines.

The number of crimes recorded in Japan in 2020 hit the lowest level in the postwar era for the sixth straight year, with a sharp decline in street crime as people stayed home during the coronavirus pandemic, police data showed Thursday. However, the number of ...

Fines can be levied on businesses that refuse orders to shorten their hours of operation under a state of emergency and individuals who refuse to be hospitalized for the novel coronavirus.

The sharp decline in visitors due to the pandemic has left the aquarium in Yamagata Prefecture tight on funds to purchase plankton needed to feed its collection.

During an online meeting of JOC councilors Wednesday, Yoshiro Mori said women talk too much in meetings and suggested speaking time for women should be limited.

Worldwide, microlending’s tremendous reach, once heralded as its greatest strength, now looks like a deep liability.

The trial will allow researchers to see whether two shots of different vaccines produce better or worse results than two doses of the same product.

After riding the region’s rise over the past decades, family firms that dominate the economic landscape are now also looking for bigger partners.

Tokyo confirmed 734 new coronavirus cases Thursday, with the figure standing below 1,000 for the seventh successive day, according to the metropolitan government. Of the new cases, 138 were in their 20s, 120 in their 30s, and 104 in their 40s. People age 65 or ...

Fears are growing that the military will drag 54 million people back to the decades of junta rule that turned Myanmar into one of Asia's most repressive nations.

Like the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change is a problem countries must work together to address or "all nations will feel the reverberations," the United Nations' climate chief warned on Wednesday. The novel coronavirus has ignored national borders and "climate change respects them even less," Patricia ...

Moon also acknowledged the importance of U.S.-South Korea-Japan security cooperation and discussed international issues relating to China and Myanmar, a spokesperson said.

Since the dawn army raids that took Aung San Suu Kyi into custody on Monday, outrage has simmered behind closed doors over the sudden end to a fledgling democracy.

The country is home to the world's third-largest tropical forests but is also its biggest producer of palm oil, and is steadily increasing use of the oil in biodiesel to boost demand.

From petitioning to save forests to raising cash for disaster victims, a growing army of K-pop fans worldwide has emerged as the latest force in the global fight against climate change.

Operations divested include well-known drugstore brands such as Tsubaki hair-care products and Senka face wash, as the firm shifts its focus to high-end skin products.

Overseen by a star Silicon Valley engineer, the automaker's Arene system allows new features to be installed in a car’s existing hardware over the air.

The ancient south Indian port city of Chennai has become a case study in what can go wrong when industrialization, urbanization and extreme weather converge.

International experts on Wednesday inspected a Chinese laboratory in Wuhan that some U.S. officials had suggested was the source of the coronavirus, as plans were firmed up to distribute vaccines to poorer nations. The World Health Organization-backed COVAX program said it would roll out tens ...

The ex-boyfriend of popular Chinese actress Zheng Shuang said on social media that she had abandoned him with two surrogate children in the U.S.

The real question, however, is not whether Japan recognizes the new government in Myanmar. What matters most is how Japan resumes its efforts of persuasion.

During the darkest days of Myanmar's military junta, Tokyo governments worried that isolating Myanmar would push it into China’s sphere of influence.

The cafe had hoped to capitalize on strong demand during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, but with the outlook still uncertain a decision was made to let the lease expire and shut down.

The ascent of women to top sports jobs remains an aberration and not the norm.

The loss left the Brave Thunders with a 20-13 record and stuck in sixth place in the conference standings.

That reigning champion England is the team to beat heading into a Six Nations is not unusual. That the entire 2021 tournament is scheduled to be played without spectators, however, makes it like no other before it even kicks off. Rugby Union got used to staging ...

"We are focusing on the games going ahead," IPC President Andrew Parsons said, prior to marking 200 days until the opening of the world's biggest event for athletes with disabilities.

Australian Open favorite Naomi Osaka heads to Melbourne seeking a fourth Grand Slam title to further fuel her ascent toward the top of the women’s game on court and amplify her voice off it. The Japanese star won the last major of 2020 in New ...

Four-time world champion Daiya Seto, who resigned as captain of Japan's Olympic swim team after an extramarital affair, swam a competitive race for the first time in nearly five months at the Japan Open on Thursday. The 26-year-old avoided a ban from competing at the ...